female catcher

Chapter 219 Eventful Autumn
An Liang was waiting at the door of the imperial study, and when he saw Jiang Xiyuan coming out, he laughed, cupped his hands and said, "Master Jiang has made a meritorious service this time, so I would like to congratulate you."

Jiang Xiyuan smiled lightly, and waved his hands, "Eunuch An and I don't need to say such nonsense."

"How is it a lie? I sincerely congratulate you."

Jiang Xiyuan glanced at him, "Eunuch An seems to have lost some weight, he must be tired these days."

"No." An Liang followed him for a few steps, "Hey, I'm fine. It's hard work for the emperor to work hard. The state affairs are heavy and he's in a bad mood. He was sick a few days ago. The current chaos in Qingcheng County Now, you can relax a little bit."

When Jiang Xiyuan thought about it, he frowned slightly, and asked, "I'm in a bad mood? But what's the matter?"

"It's not about the rebellion. It's so easy to receive the good news on the Longevity Day, and I haven't waited for two days to be happy, and then Xia Dian was injured again. One after another..."

"Have you been injured at the beginning of Xia?" Jiang Xiyuan was startled, and stopped to look at An Liang, "How did you get hurt? Is it serious?" Seeing An Liang looking at him suspiciously, knowing that he was losing his composure, he forced a smile, "In the government office I’ve seen Chu Xia’s kung fu in the past, it’s not bad, how could it hurt?”

"I almost forgot that my lord worked with Xia Dianshi before." An Liang patted his forehead and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the villain in the inner court made trouble, and he has already been punished. Xia Dianshi was punished by the stick, but he didn't It’s not too serious, it’s being raised now.”

Responsibility?Jiang Xiyuan's heart tightened, and he immediately thought of Yong Wei, and couldn't help asking: "The Empress is still young, and she hasn't been in the palace for a long time, so Eunuch An needs to help."

"My lady is very kind. Everyone in the palace praised my lady for her generosity and dignity. I want to point to my lady to take care of her. To say that I am a servant is really a shame for me as a slave."

Hearing what An Liang said, Jiang Xiyuan was relieved. Thinking about Xia Chu, he couldn't help turning his head and glanced at the Imperial Study Room from afar, wanting to rush back and ask Su Zhen what happened.

He couldn't figure it out, why did An Liang say that Su Zhen was in a bad mood?If it is because of the affairs of the court, then there is no time to be in a good mood, and these things are not a day or two.

Or is it because of the beginning of summer?Xia Chu has now entered the palace, Su Zhen got his wish, what's wrong?Could it be that Xia Chu has the same virtue with Su Zhen and himself, and even if he is in a hurry, he can't fight?This prickly head can't be so courageous.

Jiang Xiyuan was full of thoughts, and before he could figure out why, An Liang called him back to his senses, and said in a low voice: "As soon as your lord came over, I sent someone to inform your empress." He glanced outside, " Now my lord, go out slowly, if you run into each other, you can still say a few words. Ever since Jiang Shangshu and you left the capital, your empress has been worried."

Jiang Xiyuan nodded gratefully to An Liang, "Eunuch An has taken care of you." An Liang waved his hand, turned and left.

As soon as Jiang Xiyuan walked out of the palace gate of the imperial study, he heard someone calling Fourth Young Master from a distance. He stopped and followed the sound, and saw Yongwei walking towards this side. Although she was walking steadily with her sleeves folded, The footsteps were somewhat urgent.

He stood still with his hands behind his back, his eyes locked on Yong Wei's body, he couldn't help laughing as she watched her getting closer and closer, "Don't worry." He raised his voice.

When he got closer, Jiang Xiyuan bowed his hands and said with a smile: "I have seen the empress."

"Brother..." Yong Wei called him, pursed her lips, and her eyes were already flushed, "I heard that you are coming to the palace, so hurry over here, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up. Brother, are you all right? How is Daddy? Is everything safe?"

"Isn't this all right?" Jiang Xiyuan stretched out his arms, signaling that everything was fine, "Father is also fine, but Qingcheng County still has some aftermath to deal with, so I'll be back first."

Yong Wei looked at him carefully, nodded and smiled, but raised her hand to cover her eyes.Jiang Xiyuan's heart was slightly sour, and he tapped her forehead lightly with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, are you worried?"

Yongwei hummed, took the handkerchief from Qianqian, wiped away her tears and smiled, "It's all right, brother, what are you doing in Qingcheng County, and you haven't fought a war, I don't want to worry about it what?"

"Staying in the capital is boring." Jiang Xiyuan sighed with a chuckle, hesitated and asked, "Are you okay? Your Majesty...does he treat you okay?"

"The emperor treats me very well." Yong Wei smiled, her lowered eyes seemed to be a little shy, hiding the gloom in her eyes, "I'm just..., just homesick."

Jiang Xiyuan looked at Yong Wei with a smile, and rubbed his sore nose, "Everything is fine at home, you can rest assured. If you are in doubt, send someone to send a message to the family. Don't be rash."

"Brother, don't worry." Yong Wei said with tears in her eyes again, blinked quickly, and endured it back.

Jiang Xiyuan pondered for a while, thinking about what An Liang said just now, probably Yongwei also saw the difference in Su Zhen's treatment of Xia Chu, so she simply said bluntly: "Yong Wei, about Xia Chu, there are some things in the last letter from home that are inconvenient to explain. It's a long story. You just remember not to conflict with her, the emperor treats her..."

"She and the emperor knew each other before, didn't they?" Yong Wei couldn't hold back her tears. After blinking, she raised her head and gave a wry smile, "Thinking about it these days, this is the only possibility. Temperament, a few days of work, is far from being so caring."

"Yes." Jiang Xiyuan wanted to wipe away tears for her as before, but now he had no choice but to give up, "I'm afraid that you will be reckless and out of control."

"It won't happen now." Yong Wei wiped away her tears, raised her head and said, "If it wasn't for my brother's letter first, I wouldn't have gotten to know her well. I'm such a vicious person, and I don't know what I will do." She was silent for a while, "I can't hate her, but I can't like her either."

"That's fine." Jiang Xiyuan sighed with a bitter expression.Recalling the past between himself and Xia Chu, he said half with emotion and half with comfort: "Love is often not something that is fought for. It should be yours that will come sooner or later, not yours.... Whatever you do is futile."

"I understand the truth...but I just can't control my heart."

After chatting for a while, I saw a little yellow door in the distance coming this way holding a booklet. Jiang Xiyuan, as a foreign minister, had been talking to the queen for a long time, fearing that he would cause trouble for no reason, so he gave a few more words of advice, and then he came out. Palace went.

Yongwei looked at Jiang Xiyuan's back, thought for a while before whispering to Qianqian: "Qianqian, why do I feel..."

"What do you think, ma'am?"

Yong Wei shook her head slowly, "It's nothing, maybe I was thinking too much. Let's go back."

Jiang Xiyuan returned to Beijing, and brought a more detailed report about Qingcheng County, which was pressed by Su Zhen on his desk.In the next day, the Minister of Zhongshu drew up a decree, conferring Jiang Minzheng as an honorary officer of the third-rank military guard, and promoting Jiang Xiyuan to the Minister of Shangshu as Zuo Cheng.

Although the position of Zuo Cheng is the fourth grade, he can manage the ceremonies of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites, correct the province, and engrave the imperial history.Since the founding of Jingguo, no one at Jiang Xiyuan's age has been admitted to the Shangshu Province and sat here.

For a while Jiang Xiyuan became very popular again. Those people in the court who advocated the soft policy seemed to be suffering from amnesia.

Su Zhen took the report brought back by Jiang Xiyuan when he was in the court, and stated the lessons of the Qingcheng County Rebellion, and dismissed the Minister of the Ministry of Officials for the crime of negligence in supervision and dereliction of duty.He also pointed out the shortcomings of the poor way of speaking, approved the Minister Liu, and issued a decree to accept the advice of eliminating the disadvantages and clearing up the disease.

The officials in Beijing and China sensed the direction of the wind, and soon began to hand over the papers. There were not many remonstrances, but a lot of impeachments.There are political speculations here, and some really can't see it, of course, it is more privately instructed by Jiang Xiyuan and Su Zhen.Since Jiang Xiyuan was placed in Shangshu Province, no one dared to suppress these documents anymore, and nine out of ten they all went to Su Zhen's Longshu case.

The objects of impeachment ranged from the governor of Qingcheng County, then Shangshu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Central Household Department of Daojing, and then to the powerful ministers in the three provinces.There are people who are greedy for ink and take bribes, people who dereliction of duty and sell officials, and people who bully the people by encroaching on land. Under Su Zhen's encouragement, things like stopping wives and remarrying, spoiling concubines and destroying wives have all come here.

Those old ministers were all in danger, and they searched everywhere to actively fight back, and the officialdom was very excited by being disturbed.

Su Zhen threw the papers to Shang Shuxing, and ordered the three provinces and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to conduct a detailed investigation, and those who were impeached should avoid suspicion and not get involved.After this was ruled out, this matter finally fell into Jiang Xiyuan's hands.

It’s not that Jiang Xiyuan was impeached, but Jiang Xiyuan hasn’t been an official for long, and he didn’t marry a daughter-in-law. After all, it was always the riot when he was working in the government office. Su Zhen said that this matter has already been punished, so there is no need to mention it again , it passed.

This series of actions was very fast, in fact, it was just a formality, and the actual evidence had been prepared early.Before those officials who were impeached started to deal with their own bad debts, the decree had already come down. Those with lesser crimes were demoted or removed from office. All the people in the prison were taken into the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, just waiting to be questioned.

The vacant positions were quickly filled, and there were three fires for taking office everywhere. The three provinces and six ministries changed the old procrastination and prevarication, and even the tone of speech in the officialdom changed.The old ministers who were lucky enough to stay in office all worked with their tails tucked between their tails, while the newcomers naturally knew who the boss was, and Su Zhen's recovery of power was very effective.

However, just when all this was advancing towards the expected result, a memorial was sent up.According to the report, Sun Youliang, the governor of Qingcheng County, was killed on the way to Beijing, but the murderer was not caught.

The sheriff and lieutenant of Qingcheng County were guilty of serious crimes. The lieutenant committed suicide when he knew he could not escape. This Sun Youliang did not have the courage and courage. When he fled to another county, he was captured by Jiang Min and sent a military academy and six soldiers to escort him back to Beijing.

Originally, going to Beijing is also a death, but dying on the way to escort is another matter.Su Zhen was not sure what was going on, so he asked Jing Zhaoyin and Yao Zhiyuan to send someone to check it out.

As soon as Yao Zhiyuan sent people to move, someone reported to the government office, and the newly appointed Zuo Shilang of the household department was killed.The government office hadn't started to investigate the case yet, the next day, another member of the Ministry of Officials, Wailang, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry died in the street.

One might be a criminal case, but the death of three Beijing officials in succession would be a big deal.An atmosphere of terror spread in the officialdom, casting a shadow over the newly renovated atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)